Leandro Rodriguez Medina is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at Universidad de las Americas Puebla. He is also Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, and part of the Cambridge team in the research project "International Cooperation in the Social Sciences & Humanities," which is part of the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union.

This book examines the circulation of knowledge within globalization, focusing on the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production in the social sciences. It explores not only how knowledge is appropriated in peripheral fields but also how foreign ideas shape those fields and the trajectories of scholars, and uses actor-network theory to explain circulation of knowledge as an extension of socio-technical networks that transcend borders.

Introduction 1. Understanding the Circulation of Knowledge 2. A Qualitative Approach to Scientific Fields in the Social Sciences 3. Training Scientists in Networked Scientific Fields: Argentine Political Scientists in the Making 4. Getting Started: The Beginning of Academic Careers in Argentine Political Science and Their Relationship with Foreign Fields 5. Towards a Plurality of Translations: Consolidation and Success in an Academic Career in Argentine Political Science and Relationships with Metropolitan Foreign Fields. Conclusions.